Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has extolled the virtues of the Asagba of Asaba, Obi (Prof.) Chike Edozien as he turned 98 last Thursday. Senator Omo-Agege, who is also the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, saluted the revered monarch for his selfless service to his subjects, the state and Nigeria in general. The Delta …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has charged Nigerians to use the forthcoming National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) Festival as an opportunity to galvanise Nigerians and project unity in the country. He implored Nigerians to see their diversity, ethnicity and religious tolerance as an opportunity to unite without allowing politics and other things to divide them. Sanwo-Olu made …

…Sanwo-Olu promised best hospitality In November, Lagos State will literally become the global epicentre for culture and tourism exhibitions, as Nigeria hosts the maiden United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Global Conference on Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industries. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu promised the State will be extending its warmest hospitality to visitors attending the event across the world, while …

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II has appointed Erelu Abiola Dosumu as the Yeye Oodua and Queen Mother of the House of Oduduwa. Dosumu, who is the Erelu Kuti IV of Lagos, replaces the Late Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, who died on 19 September 2015. HID Awolowo, as she was well known, was the …

After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions, the ancient city of Ijebu-Ode went agog on Monday with spectacular displays, pomp and pageantry as the Ojude-Oba festival returned.  The colourful event that was energised, refreshed and serenaded by Nigeria’s beverage giant, Rite Foods’ Limited, the official beverage sponsor of the festival, which provided assorted flavours of refreshment for every moment …

Iya Olumo, the custodian of the deity of popular tourist centre, Olumo Rock died on Wednesday aged 137 years. Real name, Chief (Mrs) Sinatu Aduke Sanni was the mother goddess of the reversed tourist destination located in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Her son, Solomon Adio, who confirmed her death, said his mother died at her Itoko residence in Abeokuta after a …